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Article THE FREEMASONS' QUARTERLY REVIEW. ← Page 6 of 6 Article VALEDICTORY ADDRESS TO OUR READERS , FOR THE YEAR 1839. Page 1 of 7 →
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The Freemasons' Quarterly Review.
AFTER THE FIRST 4 , 000 SHARES ARE SUBSCRIBED FOR , will have to effect Assurances on their own lives , or b y substitutes , in one-half of the amount of Shares at 107 . each , standing in their names respectively ; and whenever those Shares are transferred , such Assurances shall be continued , or others of equal amount effected : which
Proprietors failing to effect such Assurances shall onl y be entitled to receive the annual interest at 47 . per cent , on their Shares . B y the adoption of a similar princi p le , the Ori ginal Shares in one of the most successful Life Assurance Companies , upon which Deposits of 27 . were paid , and no call ever madeare now worth 147 . each . "
, Active business may be expected to commence forthwith ; the selection of a proper situation , and commodious premises , being among the objects for earliest determination .
Valedictory Address To Our Readers , For The Year 1839.
VALEDICTORY ADDRESS TO OUR READERS , FOR THE YEAR 1839 .
If I might give a short hint to an impartial writer , it would be to tell him his fate . If he resolves upon the dangerous precipice of telling unbiassed truth , let him proclaim war with mankind a-la-mode —le pays de Pole— -neither to give nor to take quarter . If he tells the crimes of great men , they fall upon him with the iron hands of the law : tf / ie tells their virtues , when they have any , then the mob attacks him with slander . But if he regards truth , let him expect martyrdom on both sidesand then he
, may go on fearless : and this is the course I take myself . " DE FoBi That misrepresentation will attend the best actions , — and that slander will attempt to sull y the best motives , are certain ; and all that can be opposed to these pernicious
influences is perseverance arising from conscious rectitude . For six years have we availed ourselves of the means which our position gave us " of looking behind the mask , " and b y examining with all modesty—( pardon , reader , this expression)—those mysterious recesses which the " eye of human reason " scarcelventures to penetrate—have we
y , been enabled to give to a most indulgent class of readers as many annuals;—embracing all that industry could g lean , or talent illustrate . In the outset of our journey we had but one difficulty to encounter , —but it was a serious one . We had no resources at hand . It was then a dream of the future that inspired
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
The Freemasons' Quarterly Review.
AFTER THE FIRST 4 , 000 SHARES ARE SUBSCRIBED FOR , will have to effect Assurances on their own lives , or b y substitutes , in one-half of the amount of Shares at 107 . each , standing in their names respectively ; and whenever those Shares are transferred , such Assurances shall be continued , or others of equal amount effected : which
Proprietors failing to effect such Assurances shall onl y be entitled to receive the annual interest at 47 . per cent , on their Shares . B y the adoption of a similar princi p le , the Ori ginal Shares in one of the most successful Life Assurance Companies , upon which Deposits of 27 . were paid , and no call ever madeare now worth 147 . each . "
, Active business may be expected to commence forthwith ; the selection of a proper situation , and commodious premises , being among the objects for earliest determination .
Valedictory Address To Our Readers , For The Year 1839.
VALEDICTORY ADDRESS TO OUR READERS , FOR THE YEAR 1839 .
If I might give a short hint to an impartial writer , it would be to tell him his fate . If he resolves upon the dangerous precipice of telling unbiassed truth , let him proclaim war with mankind a-la-mode —le pays de Pole— -neither to give nor to take quarter . If he tells the crimes of great men , they fall upon him with the iron hands of the law : tf / ie tells their virtues , when they have any , then the mob attacks him with slander . But if he regards truth , let him expect martyrdom on both sidesand then he
, may go on fearless : and this is the course I take myself . " DE FoBi That misrepresentation will attend the best actions , — and that slander will attempt to sull y the best motives , are certain ; and all that can be opposed to these pernicious
influences is perseverance arising from conscious rectitude . For six years have we availed ourselves of the means which our position gave us " of looking behind the mask , " and b y examining with all modesty—( pardon , reader , this expression)—those mysterious recesses which the " eye of human reason " scarcelventures to penetrate—have we
y , been enabled to give to a most indulgent class of readers as many annuals;—embracing all that industry could g lean , or talent illustrate . In the outset of our journey we had but one difficulty to encounter , —but it was a serious one . We had no resources at hand . It was then a dream of the future that inspired